Following Tuesday's massacre of 26 mostly Indian tourists, hostilities have intensified between India and Pakistan over the hotly contested Kashmir region.

Gunfire exchanges between Pakistani and Indian military forces continued for a second day on Saturday across the Kashmir border between the two nations.

The April 22 attack in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory was the deadliest on civilians in nearly two decades in the country.But the area has long been a source of tension between India and Pakistan.